Our Kitchen Redo

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted! Days led into weeks before I knew it. Just like you, I’m sure, I’ve been busy with life and my kitchen redo has filled all my days recently. But I have missed everyone and can’t wait to catch up.

Sheila’s Heart of the Home Party was just what I needed to get back in the swing of it. Sheila, I can’t believe how timely your blog party is for me! Thanks for pulling me back in. :)

One of the advantages of having an interior designer for a daughter is just this – a kitchen we love! My daughter, LDS Design, held our hands and guided us through the whole make-over. A big thank you goes to her!!

The first thing we did was have a local carpenter extend our existing island adding the bookcase you see. He also added bead board on three sides of the island. Doing this instead of installing a new island was extremely cost effective!

Then we had it painted black and distressed.

The perimeter cabinets were painted ivory and distressed also.

New wall paint is Sherwin Williams Latte.

Here’s our kitchen before. You can see a little of the island.

Below is our island in the making.

Love the distressed detail!

Notice the cook top below is renewed from the before pic above?

Electrolux chose us as a test kitchen and installed this wonderful cook top…

and a double oven.

Thanks Electrolux! We love them both!

We replaced our Corian with a granite called Persian Cream.

We also replaced our knobs and handles with old style cup drawer pulls

and knobs in oil rubbed bronze.

New Delta faucet in the same oil rubbed bronze finish.

On our desk area, baskets serve to hold bills, stamps, etc.

For our backsplash, we chose a Travertine tumbled tile

accented with a tiny bronze tone marble inset.

Before pic…

and after.

We also changed our breakfast room chandelier

and installed a pendant light over the sink.

We love our new kitchen.

There are still many things I want to add or change, but there always is, isn’t there?

Also linking to Shabby Chic's Cottage on Transformation Thursday.